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The Future Of Robotics – Predictions (AD)

Robotics as a field owes a lot to the introduction of the linear actuator. While this article is not the place for in depth information about electric actuators, they are pieces of equipment which turn rotational motion into linear motion. Linear actuators have changed the way in which robots are used in everyday life, since they have given them a greater scope of movement. Before, robots were fairly clumsy, and so only suited for working in industries which required strength, but no finesse. Now they can work in industries which take precision and delicacy.

The future is an exciting time to be in robotics, since there is so much potential there for them to be and to do. The rapid pace of change in this area, plus the melding with associated areas such as artificial intelligence and machine learning, means that just about anything is possible for the next stage of robotics.

E-commerce
Experts are now saying that by next year, nearly half of all global e-commerce practices will have some robotic presence in them. That robotic presence might be chat-bots which are programmed to answer customer enquiries, or it might be robots used in warehousing and deliveries.

Shared Intelligence
In a few years, almost forty percent of robots which work in commercial environments are supposed to be linked to a shared intelligence network. This shared link will ostensibly give a two hundred percent improvement in their work capacity and operational efficiency.

Collaboration
Next year will see increased collaboration among robots and the humans who work with them. Smart collaborative robots are specifically designed to be safe for working around humans, and additionally, they will be able to work three times faster than our current generation of robots.

Cloud Software
Currently, robots are mostly hardware based, which does limit the amount of data they can download and store. Within the next few years, robots will come with a connection to the cloud, allowing them greater storage capacity, higher download speed, as well as a whole host of new skills and capabilities. This is expected to turn into an entire cloud-based market.

Regulations
The increasing use of robots in various industries has come to the point where governments are needing to step in and create legislation surrounding it. The regulations are expected to cover such things linear motion systems, software security, how to keep the details of robotics private, and so on.

Talent Crunch
2020 should see an additional thirty five percent of robotics jobs vacant, because of the increasing abilities which robots have. Luckily for humans, we should also see the average salary go up by sixty percent.

Competition
Since robots have become so successful in recent years, the next few years will likely see the amount of competition between robot makers and vendors of all kinds go up as they all try to cash in on the robotics industries – the building of them, the programming, and all the other aspects of running robotic technology on a large scale.

CRO
Since more and more industries are now open to using robots in various capacities, soon various companies and businesses will most likely see their way into creating a CRO – Chief Robotics Officer – who will oversee all robotic movement within the company. At the very least, people will begin to define specific functions for robots within their companies as a whole.

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